Simon Cowell: "No, I'm Not Engaged"

February 18, 2010 @ 11:57 AM

Despite widespread rumors online, Simon Cowell is not walking down the aisle with American Idol makeup artist Mezhgan Hussainy, UsMagazine.com has learned exclusively.

Cowell's longtime publicist and close friend Max Clifford tells UsMagazine.com: "I spoke to Simon in London yesterday afternoon, just before he took his flight back to LA," Clifford explains. "I asked him: 'Look, are you engaged? Is it true?,' and he said, 'No! No. I'm not engaged.'"

And during a British TV appearance on Tuesday, Cowell gushed of Hussainy: "She's the one...She's very special." The sharp-tongued judge even noted his desire to become a father: "I think I need to have little Simons around."